Creating some AtmoSphere
The UK MET Office are the proud new owners of a PufferSphere M 900, now on display at their head office in Exeter, UK. The PufferSphere M matched their requirements for a high brightness single source projection sphere, equally suited to permanent installation and touring for the outreach work the MET Office undertake. Empowering the MET Office’s meteorological visualizations team to take the raw inputs from their extensive global field data and translate them for display on the sphere, Pufferfish ensured that the display can be kept fresh and contemporary at all times. With visitors from around the world visiting the MET Office HQ in Exeter, the display has proved…
TEDinburgh
With TEDGlobal coming to our home town, Pufferfish teamed up with TED aficionados Seeper to showcase the latest Multitouch PufferSphere M, where it was a big hit with delegates. The collaboration focused on the 3D multi-user properties of the sphere, which was calibrated to respond to shadow rather than touch, allowing users to interact with the graphics by waving their hands above and around the surface of the sphere. Our thanks to Seeper for putting in the hard yards on the ground and adding their own inimitable touch of magic!
Royal Scottish Geographical Society
The Royal Scottish Geographical Society were looking for an engaging central feature for their new Education and Information Centre in Perth and the PufferSphere was the intuitive choice as a flexible digital medium with a magnetism and shape ideally suited to the visualization of geographical data. The Centre, unique in Britain, is the biggest project that RSGS have ever been involved in and is housed in the Fair Maid’s House – an architectural gem in the centre of Perth, the geographical heart of Scotland. The PufferSphere M 900 display takes pride of place in the centre of the space designed by StudioArc, with opening content stories displaying the formation of…